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1. 
   bones | Sep 16, 2008 05:50pm | #1

   Domino!  Love it fast & easy.

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2. 
   PeterDurand | Sep 16, 2008 07:29pm | #2

   Domino.

    

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3. 
   knuts | Sep 16, 2008 09:46pm | #3

   Woodrat

4. 
   Garry | Sep 16, 2008 10:40pm | #4

   I used to do them with a Hollow-chisel mortiser or the router.
   But now I am with the majority above, the Domino

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5. 
   cdog7 | Sep 17, 2008 10:54pm | #5

   I use both mortise machine and hand method equally.

6. 
   9619 | Sep 17, 2008 11:29pm | #6

   David,
   I built a Tage Frid mortise jig, sometimes called a U shaped jig. WOrks fine with the router. Tage was way ahead of his time.
   Mel

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7. 
   Steinmetz | Sep 18, 2008 12:05am | #7

   Mostly for hinges, I use a router with template and the edge guide. But to prevent tear out.

   I 'Nick' the entrance and exit edges with a sharp knife first.
   Also, don't use guide bushings .Instead, fabricate the templates over sized to guide the six inch circular base of the router.
   Chopping out the two radii with a chisel (if not using radiussed butts.)
   Steinmetz.

8. 
   RickLoDico | Sep 18, 2008 05:09am | #8

   The FMT with a DW621.

   
9. 
   Crittiper | Sep 18, 2008 05:27pm | #9

   Certainly done my share many of these methods - drill and mortising chisel most common but I often do large log constructions and achieve good results with a chainsaw.

10. 
    Griz1 | Sep 19, 2008 07:18am | #10

    David:

    Well, the question was: "...most often..."?  While I DO use a hollow-chisel

    machine (Jet) when speed is important - or when, for whatever other reason

    I'm just feelin' 'pissy' - [most often], I prefer the infinitely therapeutic method

    of 'hand 'n' chjsels'!  I find it calming, tranquilizing even centering if you will.

    It just 'works' for me much better in many ways...

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